Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Pipefitters Local Union No.537 Money Purchase Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$739M
Total assets
3,231
Participants
98th
Percentile by assets
$228,662
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Pipefitters Local Union No. 537 Deferred Income Annuity Fund Individual Account Plan · Sponsored by Pipefitters Local Union No.537 · Massachusetts · Construction

$739M in assets, 3,231 participants

Pipefitters Local Union No.537's Pipefitters Local Union No. 537 Deferred Income Annuity Fund Individual Account Plan reported $739M in total assets and 3,231 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • 98th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Pipefitters Local Union No. 537 Deferred Income Annuity Fund Individual Account Plan holds $739M for 3,231 participants - about $228,662 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 11.7% over the 2023 plan year.

$739M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
3,231
covered participants
98th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$228,662
avg assets per participant
Industry
Construction

Money Purchase · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Pipefitters Local Union No. 537 Deferred Income Annuity Fund Individual Account Plan

Pipefitters Local Union No. 537 Deferred Income Annuity Fund Individual Account Plan is a Money Purchase retirement plan sponsored by Pipefitters Local Union No.537, headquartered in Massachusetts. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $739M in total end-of-year assets and covers 3,231 participants across the Construction industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 042760802, and the plan has been effective since 1981-09-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $662M at the beginning of 2023 to $739M at year-end - up 11.7%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $726M, with reported net income of $70M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Pipefitters Local Union No.537 has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $662M to $785M, a gain of 18.6%, while reported participants moved from 3,123 to 3,331 (+6.7%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $785M; the softest was 2022 at $662M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $662M in assets across 1 plan covering 3,123 participants; 2023 - $739M in assets across 1 plan covering 3,231 participants; 2024 - $785M in assets across 1 plan covering 3,331 participants.

By assets, Pipefitters Local Union No. 537 Deferred Income Annuity Fund Individual Account Plan outranks 98% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 7.4x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Pipefitters Local Union No. 537 Deferred Income Annuity Fund Individual Account Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$662M
Total Assets (End of Year)$739M
Net Assets (End of Year)$726M
Net Income$70M
Plan TypeMoney Purchase
Employer EIN042760802
Plan Effective Date1981-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Pipefitters Local Union No.537)

$600M$650M$700M$750M$800M 202220232024 $662M $785M ▲ +18.6%
Total plan assets by year, all Pipefitters Local Union No.537 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 3,123 $662M
2023 1 3,231 $739M
2024 1 3,331 $785M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Pipefitters Local Union No. 537 Deferred Income Annuity Fund Individual Account Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Pipefitters Local Union No. 537 Deferred Income Annuity Fund Individual Account Plan holds $739M in total assets with 3,231 participants. It is sponsored by Pipefitters Local Union No.537.
What type of plan is Pipefitters Local Union No. 537 Deferred Income Annuity Fund Individual Account Plan?
Pipefitters Local Union No. 537 Deferred Income Annuity Fund Individual Account Plan is a Money Purchase plan. It has been effective since 1981-09-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 042760802.
Who sponsors the Pipefitters Local Union No. 537 Deferred Income Annuity Fund Individual Account Plan?
Pipefitters Local Union No. 537 Deferred Income Annuity Fund Individual Account Plan is sponsored by Pipefitters Local Union No.537, located in Massachusetts. The sponsor's EIN is 042760802 and the plan operates in the Construction industry.
How did Pipefitters Local Union No. 537 Deferred Income Annuity Fund Individual Account Plan perform in 2023?
Pipefitters Local Union No. 537 Deferred Income Annuity Fund Individual Account Plan grew at a solid clip - up 11.7% during 2023, moving from $662M to $739M in total assets. Net income was $70M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Pipefitters Local Union No. 537 Deferred Income Annuity Fund Individual Account Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Pipefitters Local Union No. 537 Deferred Income Annuity Fund Individual Account Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Money Purchase plans in Massachusetts. Compare plans
  • Pipefitters Local Union No.537's sponsor-wide assets have grown 18.6% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Construction plans
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 042760802.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.